![]() ![]() ![]() Note, too, that Meursault tells Marie that his mother "died yesterday." It's of so little importance to him that he confuses, absently, the day of her funeral with the day of her death. Marie knows that Meursault's mother has just been buried because she asks him about his black tie, but she's unconcerned, for the most part. We have seen Meursault's casual reaction to his mother's death now, we see him manage a casual pickup. ![]() Right now, swimming would be pleasant.īy chance, on the swimming raft, Meursault meets a girl who worked for a short time in his office and they go to a film that night, a comedy of all things, and then they go home and have sex. There are no introspective feelings about his mother, about how she looked when she was alive, how she smiled, the expression in her eyes, the things which she and he talked about years ago, his childhood with her - or even her absence, forever. Meursault wakes up and realizes how exhausting the funeral has been, physically. After showing us Meursault's reaction to death, Camus shows us a day during which Meursault reacts to life. ![]()
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